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Visiting Vatican city Basilica and Sistine Chapel

The Vatican is an interesting state in a state. Lets explore the Vatican city in Rome today with a walkaround tour, visiting the various Vatican palace grounds, museums cathedrals (the St. Peter's Basilica) as well as a look around in the renowned Sistine Chapel. The world’s smallest city-state Interestingly, the Vatican city is the smallest independent city-state in the...
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Rome Italy city sights, Colosseum and Trevi Fountain

The city of Rome Italy is one of culture and history. From the Italian cobble streets, street art and sculptures remands of ancient Renaissance Rome to the majestic Colosseum. Let’s check out the sights and sounds of the Italian capital city. City and the Pantheon Moreover, Rome is also a special commune of Italy and itself was a centre...
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Boating through beautiful Venice, Italy

Venice is a "City of Water" located on the northeastern Veneto Region part of Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. Let’s explore the various sights, sounds and food of the seemingly floating city and take a boat and taxi ride around the UNESCO World Heritage Site on a day trip. Let’s go! In distance Landing Embankment   A canal-tastic UNESCO...
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Innsbruck Austria chill city exploration

Let’s check out Innsbruck Austria city today with a city exploration. The small city capital of Austria is geographically on the most western state of the Austrian Tyrol and near the Inn Valley. Besides the mountainous sights, the city is also known for its Imperial and modern architectures. A small cosy mountain city Directly translated, Innsbruck means "bridge over...
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Cologne, Munich and Rhineland Germany explorations

Let’s go on a German travel fest with a trio of cities adventures running through Cologne, Munich and Rhineland. On our adventures, we shall check out the history, sights, gastronomically distinctive iconic pork knuckles and a cruise along the Rhineland river. Cathedral of Cologne Moreover, the city of Cologne itself is home to several historical-looking streets. However, as most...
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Amsterdam of Netherlands city adventures

Amsterdam of Netherlands is a city of canals or bicycles as you put it is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands. It is home to a population of about 900 thousand. Historically, it was founded at the Amstel, a region given its low-land typical of the Netherlands was dammed to control flooding. Hence, the...
Events

Free Shell Fuel with Shell tissue boxes? Why not?

There is nothing as synonymous as the free tissue boxes from petrol kiosks after each top up. This time, the boxes can do more than just find their way into the comfy rear passenger compartments in my family car. Shell is delighted again to announce that the much-awaited Shell tissue box promotion is back from 2nd May...
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Am still about kicking! Site upgrade planned soon

You will notice the site note being updated in month. It's mainly as I was totally busy with work, hobbies, traveling and stuff. This produced a huge back lot of things I have planned for the site, yet had not found time to update given the busy exam schedule now. It's just the case here in Cambridge,...
Europe

Krakow City, Poland

Krakow, Poland is a city of history, culture and is one of the oldest cities in Poland. Let’s visit the city of Krakow in Poland. Sitting second-largest in size to Warsaw, Krakow is home to a population of about 800 thousand and was the official capital of Poland until 1596, where it is handed over to Warsaw. Speaking...
Europe

Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland

Auschwitz concentration camp is one of the few solemn places you can visit in the world given its horrific history. The camp was built and operated by the German Nazi in German-occupied Poland during World War 2. It saw almost a million people exterminated within the camp grounds. Let's pay the place of solemn history a visit...
Europe

Warsaw Tech Museum, Palace of Culture & Science

The Warsaw Tech Museum is a Polish museum of technology housing a collection of post-war collection of Polish and international hardware. Let’s do a day visit to the museum right in the heart of Warsaw Poland. Moreover, the Tech museum is also known as the Palace of Culture & Science (PKiN). The museum is an occupant in the...
Europe

Warsaw Uprising Museum Poland

Warsaw Uprising Museum is a history and interactive museum focused on the various Up risings faced in the city’s war-torn past. It is one of the museums to check out when you are in the Polish city of Warsaw. Let’s take an exploration through the galleries. Also known locally as the “Warsaw Rising Museum”, it is located at...
Europe

German Gestapo Headquarters prison museum

The Gestapo Headquarters Museum in Warsaw Poland (also known as the Mausoleum of Memory of Martyrdom) is a must see for anyone traveling through Warsaw for its historical significance and shock factor. The Gestapo abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei or the Nazi Secret State Police. They are distinctively identified by the SS-logos. Warsaw city Over to Szucha Avenue Entrance Furthermore, the museum...
Europe

Warsaw City explorations, Poland

Warsaw City, Poland is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is a city of resilience, history and culture home to a number of world class museums and vast green spaces. Let’s soak in the European city. Geographically, the City of Warsaw is located with the vast Vistula River running through it. It sits roughly 260 km...
Europe

Wallace Collection London

Wallace Collection London is a small cosy museum located in Manchester Square in the city of London. It offers via free-admission, a collection of paintings, sculpture, furniture, arms and armour stored in the former townhouse of the Seymour family. Let’s pay them a visit and see what’s on in the galleries today. Curation of fine and decorative arts In...
Europe

National Museum of Iceland in Reykjavik

Icelanders has plenty to be proud of their nomadic Viking history and the National museum of Iceland aims to showcase that. Established in 1863, the museum is located in the heart of Reykjavik on the northwest part of the city. The National Museum of Iceland is the country’s premiere historical museum showcasing the life and culture of...
Europe

Northern Lights in Iceland

Iceland’s geographical location up in the northern hemisphere near the earth's poles makes it a feasible place to catch the Northern lights. These natural occuring phenomon of beauty typically appear late at night (about midnight) in winter. There are several factors which contribute to the formation of the Northern lights, with the most important being a colder...
Europe

The Blue Lagoon, Grindavík Iceland

The Blue Lagoon in Iceland is a geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. Lonely planet ranks it as one of the top 5 most beautiful places in the world. The spa is located in a lava field in Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwestern Iceland and is about an hour drive from...
Europe

Tectonic Plate and Drysuit Scuba Diving between continents Silfra Iceland

Iceland is Europe’s westernmost country and home to one of the top 5 dive sites in the world. My dive adventure started off setting off the local commercial dive center and getting to know my dive master for the day who will be taking the dive group for Scuba diving in lake Silfra. The specific area of...
Europe

Icelandic horse riding in the countryside mountains

No trip in Iceland will be complete without experiencing the countryside riding on a traditional Icelandic horse, just as how the Vikings did it in the last millennium. Icelandic horses are rather small horses and are just slightly larger than a pony when fully grown. They were chosen by the immigrant Vikings during 800-1000 AD on the...
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Kapitan Slavic Ukrainian restaurant

Let’s take a dine-in today visiting the Kapitan Slavic Ukrainian/Russian restaurant at Tanjong Pagar. The restaurant offers a curated offering of Eastern Europe. The...

Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle Bukit Merah

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Yat Ka Yan Dessert (Fortune Centre)

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Kheng Fatt beef noodles Golden Mile

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